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Toy-Ventures: AHI World Famous Super Monsters

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Monster month continues with a long-overdue look at the Super Monster action figures by Azrak-Hamway International or AHI for short. This line only ran for three seasons but the amount of variations it produced is staggering. We also talk about the “unofficial years” that ran after.

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Vintage Mego: Battlin’ Superheroes (Close out Mego 2)

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Vintage Mego answers the question no one asked: “What are the Battlin’ Superheroes” in this second look at closed out Mego Superheroes from the United Kingdom.

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Mint Off Card: Mego Stan Lee Review

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Time to take a look at another figure from Mego’s Wave 8 but this time it’s not a monster, spaceman, or Superhero, it’s Stan Lee! Despite being an ordinary mortal, we explore all the fun things you can do with this figure.

 

 

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Vintage Mego: CB McHaul

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10-4 Good Buddy! Vintage Mego discusses the CB McHaul toy line from 1977, a series of action figures not based on Superheroes or Science Fiction but on Burt Reynolds movies and your dad’s hobby. It even taught you a secret language known as trucker talk! We talk about the 70s CB radio craze, the line’s origins and how it’s one of the rarest Mego action figure lines to collect! This video is free of obvious, “low hanging fruit” jokes about self-pollution. MegoMuseum Forums http://megomuseum.com/community/activity.php Join our FB Forum MegoMania https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/

and how it’s one of the hardest action figure lines to collect!

 

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Mego Mint Off Card: Picard and Data from Star Trek TNG

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Another Wave 8 review, this time it’s from Mego Star Trek the Next generation. Also, we’re giving a carded figure of your choice away, details in the video itself!

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Vintage Mego: Star Trek Mission to Gamma VI

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Vintage Mego takes a look at the classic Mego Star Trek playset “Mission to Gamma VI” an alien world environment loosely based on a classic epsiode of the television series.

We also talk about why the Mego Star Trek line abruptly ended in 1977 even though it was still quite popular.

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Vintage Mego: Terraphant from the Micronauts

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This week Vintage Mego takes a look at Terraphant, the terrifying Mammoth from the remote world of Visceros!

Half elephant, half tank we talk about this vehicle’s development including prototype shots  and the fun things that were left out of the final product.

Special Thanks to Ray “AcroRay” Miller for the amazing photos and information on this one.

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Toy-Ventures: Maskatron (Kenner Six Million Dollar Man)

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Toy-Ventures this week looks at what we believe to be the greatest villain action figure of the 1970s and perhaps the best action figure of the decade as well.

Kenner’s Maskatron, the robotic face changing robot from Kenner’s Six Million Dollar Man toy line is a wonderful bit of toy magic when some licenses a property but takes artistic license (anticipate a callback joke) and sets out to also make a toy with tremendous play value.

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Vintage Mego: The Waltons

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Yeah, I’m doing the Waltons episode, even though I don’t collect the toyline or enjoy the show itself, let’s defend Mego’s decision to make a Waltons toy line in 1975. PS the Sunshine Family legit scared me as a kid.

 

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Toy-Ventures: AHI Action Apeman

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Clearly inspired by the Mego Planet of the Apes action figures, the AHI Action Apeman are some of the boldest knock offs ever produced, I’ll explain why I think that in this video.

 

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Vintage Mego 12″ Incredible Hulk

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This week we talk about the Emerald Avenger and his hugely popular 12″ figure, featuring rare shots of the original “Lou Ferrigno” version and of course, what we ended up with. Please enjoy.

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Vintage Mego: Pocket Superheroes Bat Machine

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This week’s installment talks about 1980 and Mego ventures into electronics with the launch of the Pocket Superheroes Bat Machine and Spider-Machines.

We talk a bit about how electronic games hurt Mego more than passing on Star Wars and their partners in Mexico Ensueno toys.

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Vintage Mego: Star Trek the Motion Picture Bridge

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This week Vintage Mego looks at the Star Trek: The Motion Picture Bridge Playset. Often maligned by collectors, sure it’s a little cheaply made but was it a fun toy? We offer our experiences with it.

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Mint Off Card: Giganta from Super Friends by Figures Toy Company

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This week we take a look at one of the most requested figures in the Super Friends line, Giganta, evil size-changing foe of Apache Chief and member of the Legion of Doom! Figures Toy Company did some unique things with this figure that deserve a little attention.

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Vintage Mego: The Mangler from Comic Action Heroes

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This week Vintage Mego unboxed The Mangler, released by Mego in 1976 as part of their Comic Action Heroes line of toys, it has the distinction of being one of the weirdest Superhero toys ever produced.

Seriously, what is this thing? Wouldn’t it kill the Green Goblin? We’ll never truly know.

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